Maybe you remember this model from my previous blog: "4 Steps To Fast, Effective Meetings," where I addressed the types of communication that created efficient and effective meetings that keep your team happy and executing with high accountability. It’s been a few years since I wrote that post and in that time, we’ve added to the types of communication.

Today I am going to extend this model because some things that weren’t useful in tactical meetings are incredibly useful in strategic meetings. Most tactical meetings have too much of these two behaviors, personal sharing and point proving…for tactical meetings we must work on increasing the amount of requests and promises.

Depending on the type of meeting, you want more or less action to result. Here’s another way to notice what the result of the meeting will be depending on the type of communication that happens in it.

Notice that promises and requests are at the top because that’s going to lead to the most action. Info-sharing and debating and decision making are in the middle, while point proving and sharing oneself is at the bottom because it doesn’t usually lead to positive action.

There are three types of meetings you’ll want to consider.

1. Why Meetings: Strategy & Mission: The priority is focus and the method is debating and decision making

2. What Meetings: Brainstorming: The priority is clarity and the method is info sharing

3. How Meetings: Implementing: The priority is accountability and the method is promises and requests